Presupposing the concept of discourse (factitiveness, interactivity, contextuality and intertextuality), the diplomatic discourse is analysed in its specificity, that is as a set of structures and procedures, being its « diplomaticity ». Two specific features are identified as necessary and relevant, namely its ambiguity and obliqueness. Ambiguity is what conditions any diplomatic manœuvre ; obliqueness is the way it operates. They both function on the semantic and pragmatic level. Two historical examples are used to illustrate this fact : the China of Spring and Automn and the Hanse of 15th century. This diplomatic discourse thus proves to be a subtle art which cultivates the ambiguity inherent in communication between men, as well as States and which is a truly powerful resource.
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docteur en Science politique, est chercheur au Centre d’analyse
politique comparée, de géostratégie et de relations internationales (CAPCGRI) de
l’Université Bordeaux IV - Montesquieu (France).
Elle a notamment publié :
Discours diplomatique, L’Harmattan, Paris, 2005.
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AFRI 2005, volume VI
